By Penny Thompson, Community Organiser
Local residents hosted an event to promote family fun and raise money for charities.
The Easter Extravaganza was held on 20th April at East Herringthorpe social club by sisters Paula Allen, Toni Connell and Elle-Mae Spittle. East Herringthorpe Social Club kindly provided the room for the event free of charge.
The organisers received over 70 donations of prizes from local businesses and local residents for a tombola and a raffle, all of which have been won!
The prizes included an holiday to Mablethorpe, a Carlton Park Hotel meal for 2, Jump Inc tickets, Fantasy Island vouchers, Camelot tickets, Cannon Hall Farm family day pass, a Toby Carvery meal for 2, hampers, bottles of wine, chocolates, cakes, and many more generous donations!
There was plenty for all the family to do on the day with stalls ranging from local artist’s artwork to hair extensions. Soaps, wax burners, bath bombs and decorated stones were available to buy.
The event also had a cake stall manned by Elle-Mae and Penny Thompson, an impressive 180 cakes and cookies had been baked by Penny! Cakes were also donated by local residents including a huge chocolate one by a lady from Rawmarsh. Every last cake was sold!
You can’t have an Easter Extravaganza without an Easter egg hunt, right? After the children designed and decorated their own Easter bags to put their eggs in, they took part in a Easter egg hunt. The hunt was fun and enjoyable for the kids that took part and also their parents. Every child even took home an Easter egg for participating as well as doing an excellent job in finding all of the eggs that were hidden!
The event was so well attended, with over 120 local residents stopping by, that the club had to bring in more staff to keep up with demand, and more seating had to be brought in from the bar area, as more people attended than anticipated.
Not only did the event create an abundance of family fun it was also a fantastic opportunity for the residents to raise a bit of money for McMillan, CALM and Rotherham Hospice. The residents managed to raise an incredible £613.12, which was split between all three charities. The money was raised through the tombola and raffle as well as a £1 charge to take part in the Easter egg hunt.
If you would like support to get involved in activities in East Herringthorpe, contact Penny Thompson by email at penny.thompson@rotherfed.org or call 07813 543332.
This was taken from our quarterly newsletter for Summer 2019.